Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 142

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Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
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  • Cod. Bodmer 142
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Date
  • 11th century
  • 12th century
  • end of the 11th century or beginning of the 12th century
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Prudentius, Carmina (cum glossis)
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Description
  • In the foreword to CB 142, Prudentius underscores his desire to please God through the work he does, or at least though his poems. The most important works of this Latin-Christian poet, born in the 4th century in Tarragona, have been collected in this manuscript from the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century, and they reflect the light of the word of God. One may read here, among other things, the famous Psychomachia, which portrays the struggle between the allegorical figures of vice and virtue, a lesson that had a profound influence upon medieval art and poetry.
Place
  • Preferred form
    • Germany (?)
    Original form
    • Germany or Switzerland (region of St. Gall?)
  • Preferred form
    • Switzerland (?)
    Original form
    • Germany or Switzerland (region of St. Gall?)
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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